This Article is From Mar 21, 2015

Google Celebrates Navroz: An Iranian New Year

Google Celebrates Navroz: An Iranian New Year
New Delhi:

Google is celebrating an Iranian New Year, Navroz, by posting a colourful doodle on its India homepage.

Google homepage visitors can see logo designed in a colourful way which symbolises flowers and bee.

Navroz, an Iranian New Year, marks the beginning of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. It is usually celebrated on March 21 with families gathering together to observe rituals.

It is celebrated by people from diverse background for many decades irrespective of their religious lineage or caste. It is considered the secular festival and is enjoyed by diverse ethnic communities across the world.

The festival, however, remains a holy day for Zoroastrians.
 

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